UXO Consultancy Cable Burial

What does UXO risk management look like across hundreds of kilometres of seabed?

Following our recent post on a complex dredging project, we move offshore — to a very different challenge.

NjordIC supported a major international subsea power cable project, where understanding and managing UXO risk was an important part of preparing the route for the next stages of development.

A long linear infrastructure project presents a particular challenge.

Conditions can change significantly along the route. Historical circumstances differ. Seabed conditions vary. And, crucially, the potential UXO risk is not necessarily the same everywhere.

That means a single, uniform approach is rarely the most intelligent one.

Our work focused on translating the available information into a project-specific UXO risk assessment: identifying where UXO could genuinely affect the planned activities, understanding the implications for subsequent survey and installation works, and defining proportionate mitigation where required.

The objective was not to investigate everything simply because we could.

It was to understand where additional attention actually mattered.

That is where pragmatism becomes an essential part of UXO risk management.

By focusing resources on credible risks rather than treating an entire cable corridor as one uniform problem, UXO risk management can support both safety and project efficiency.

Different project. Different environment. Same philosophy.

Look deeper, find what matters.

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